Memorial
Great Western Railway L2 Shop Loco Dept WW1
Mark Newton 18.05.2017
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 24191
- Description
- NAMES OF THE FALLEN ARE ON A SHIELD-SHAPED TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. BELOW IT IS A PLAIN RECTANGULAR TABLET WITH DEDICATION FOR THOSE WHO SERVED. THE WHOLE IS MOUNTED within A GLAZED CASE
- Inscription
- To the Memory of/ (Names)/ OF THE L2. SHOP LOCO DEPT./ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1918./ "Their names liveth forever".(sic) 194 men from above/ shop served during/ the war
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 27
- Died
- 27
- Information shown
- surname
- Order of names
- surname
- Sponsor Type
- private
Ceremonies
Unveiled
25 June 1925
R.G.Hannington (Manager of Locomotive Works, Swindon)
Dedicated
25 June 1925
Rev J.Bezzant MA
Components
- Backboard
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Tablets
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
- Great Western Railway Magazine v.37 No.8 p.330 (August 1925)
- Roll of Honour http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Wiltshire/SwindonGWRLoco.html